Women's Suffrage Strategies

This strategy was used by black suffragists in order to challenge the idea of being denied access in public spaces. The photos were used to promote entitlement and an idea that they belong in public spaces with the right to vote.

• publicity stunt

• protest

• photography

• media

This strategy was used to make the messages of women’s suffrage hard to ignore; often leading to arrest. Being arrested did not silence the movement, it made it get “louder.” 

• photography

• protest

• cartoons

• media

This strategy was used to spread information about women’s suffrage and to reach a wide variety of audiences (for example using multiple languages to spread the word.)

• cartoons

• protest

• photograph

• media

This strategy was used to promote women's suffrage by grabbing the attention of the audience in a unique and exciting way.

• cartoons

• protest

• publicity stunt

• photography

These were used to persuade people to support women's suffrage by presenting ideas and perspectives they might not have considered; or to allow the audience to have empathy for other perspectives

• cartoons

• protest

• publicity stunt

• media